On January 5, news broke about the NBA team the Cleveland Cavaliers offering an Ohio homeless man named Ted Williams with a "golden voice" a job (to be an announcer for the team and various commercials) and to pay mortgage on a house for him. You can read more about the story here:
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/05/homeless-man-with-golden-voice-lights-up-web-gets-job-offers/

Last week, Jon Stewart reported that some people in Indianapolis were trying to do the same thing within the city. Here's his humorous response to the ludicrous idea:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-25-2011/indianapolis-homeless-talent-show